Monthly Archives: August 2009

AFP – Music and Internet worlds merged on San Francisco’s posh Nob Hill as insiders brainstormed about industry rocking Web 2.0 trends from social networking to smart phones with cameras.

PC World – Sharp Electronics this week introduced a netbook-like mobile device with a 5-inch touch screen that is designed to run Internet-based applications.

AP – Goofy videos weren’t on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet. Neither was social networking, for that matter, nor were most of … Continue reading →

AP – Key milestones in the development and growth of the Internet:

PC World – All around the world, the focus of games has been moving from video games to arcade games and further towards online games. Currently, the online game market is growing steadily with an increasing number of users due … Continue reading →

AP – Chinese online game operator and developer The9 Limited said Thursday it lost money in the last two quarters and revenue fell sharply in the April-to-June period.

PC World – Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple’s own iTunes service.

PC World – Microsoft is targeting the iPhone as another avenue for boosting usage of its Bing search engine.

InfoWorld – Microsoft is offering an open source software development kit linking the company’s Bing search engine to Apple’s iPhone and Mac systems, according to a Bing community blog post on Thursday.

AFP – In death Edward Kennedy will continue to make his mark on American politics with his greatly anticipated memoirs, which stormed Thursday to the top of online bestseller charts ahead of its new release date of September 14.